Hot Freight Markets This Week: Where Trucks Are Making Money (Aug 10)
Omaha, Sioux Falls, and Rapid City hold the top three reefer spots for the second straight week. Dry van finds a floor. Flatbed is all green. Here’s where to run.
Omaha, Sioux Falls, and Rapid City hold the top three reefer spots for the second straight week. Dry van finds a floor. Flatbed is all green. Here’s where to run.
California ran reefer for weeks. This week, the Plains walked in and took the keys.
Sioux Falls, SD is sitting at #1 in reefer. Omaha is #2. Rapid City popped 11% in a single day to grab #3. That’s not a blip — that’s a real shift, and if you’ve got refrigerated capacity, it changes where you need to be pointed right now.
San Diego leads dry van, reefer gets wild with 18% single-day swings, and flatbed has its best week of the summer. Here’s where to run your trucks July 27.
California dominates dry van and reefer this week while flatbed resets. Here’s where the Spotter Index says trucks are making money right now.
Flatbed demand continues to be concentrated in the South and Midwest, particularly in Texas, Louisiana, and into Tennessee and Kentucky, where construction and industrial freight are keeping trucks moving.
Dry van activity is strongest out of Southern California and parts of the Midwest, with Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan keeping volumes steady. By contrast, the Northeast and Mountain regions remain softer, where outbound demand is much lighter.
Flatbed demand continues to be concentrated in the South and Midwest, particularly in Texas, Louisiana, and into Tennessee and Kentucky, where construction and industrial freight are keeping trucks moving.
Flatbed markets remain strongest across the West and parts of the Midwest, with high demand concentrated in California, Oregon, Idaho, and Colorado, while Southern states like Texas and Louisiana show mixed but steady activity.
Flatbed demand is concentrated in the Southeast, lower Midwest, and parts of Texas, with the strongest activity stretching through the central southern corridor, while much of the West and Northeast remain soft.
Flatbed truck demand is strongest in the southern and southeastern states, particularly Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, with moderate activity in the Midwest and softer conditions in the West and Northeast.
Southern U.S. remains a hotspot for flatbed freight, with Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama showing the highest demand, while the Midwest and Northwest remain soft.
Southern U.S. remains a hotspot for flatbed freight, with Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama showing the highest demand, while the Midwest and Northwest remain soft.